Comments on: The 5 Best Places to Buy Electronics in Singapore

By: angmo

angmo — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:25:56 +0000

Hello everyone i was wondering if you found me saying Ang Mo Sai to you funny as i find you calling me angmo.chiak kantang.
now you wouldnt like it if i refered to you as gooks?
Racism is funny but only if it is used in a funny context not as everyday language.

By: mj

mj — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:21:51 +0000

hi, who knows where in singapore i could buy an original iPad with a cheaper price? based on my research it’s sold at S$1228. are there cheaper ones? do i need to order in advance or i can just walk in to buy it?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:29:24 +0000

Hi Angry Ang Mo,

Don’t forget to notify your site visitors that Singapore Elelctronics/IT prices have not kept pace with dropping prices in Europe and the US. In the US and Europe large scale adoption of online shopping (largely absent in Singapore), the elimination of the middle man as a result of this as well as currency drops have made Singapore much less attractive price wise. Added to this online in Europe, what you see is what you get. In Singapore you will need to negotiate, shopowners pay high rents and distributors have pricing power that they have lost in the US and Europe. As a result, don’t bother with electronics in Singapore. Save your time so that you can have your chicken rice and Singapore sling!

Cheers!

By: Theo

Theo — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:50:21 +0000

Angmo can shop too at Sim Lim without any problems, so long you know what you buy but that counts for everywhere in Asia. I come at SIm Lim for years and got NEVER cheated. Lucky Plaza is THE place to look out when you angmo (white) or tourist. Many of them have been cheated at that place. I know friends who have been cheated at FUNAN, any race! If you blond and you don’t know what you buy, any salesman will try to trick you…. everywhere on planet earth!

When you enter Sim Lim Square, avoid the old uncles at the first floor… they will try to cheat anyone, even the locals. Locals know the better shops are upstairs & avoid this floor immediately. Most of them go directly to the 3rd floor….

Locals always say that Funan is for the tourist and Sim Lim for the locals. Prices are HIGHER at Funan. Funny thing is that a lot of shops at Funan are owned by shop owners in Sim Lim. Funan is more in town and easier for tourists but with the new MRT station coming up at Sim Lim, that will be history…

I do have Indian friends who run a shop at Sim Lim and Funan, that’s why I know how it a little bit works. Distributors are the biggest jerks in this game. Challenger dumps its old stock back to the distributor & they sell it back to other shop owners. Thats the reason why some shops have some older stock…. And some distributors charge even 5% higher price to indian shopowners…. that is what I call unfair business!!!

By: Jax

Jax — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:25:12 +0000

if you notice, the prices at sitex and sim lim are almost the same. sitex is a place to launch new products and clear off old stocks. if you are an angmo or look like one, you will most probably be chopped in sim lim. the customer services may not be good, but the prices compared to funan, it’s way better. if you know your products that is.

By: Shopparadiso

Shopparadiso — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:30 +0000

You are bang on target especially with Funan and Mustafa. So whats your take on other fairs like SITEX etc

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:04:51 +0000

I wasn’t so impressed with lucky plaza for electronics shopping. Sure there’s lots of stores but the customer service is often not good (sometimes downright obnoxious)